POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
LIMITS ON CITY ADMINISTRATION COMPENSATION
Murrieta’s city manager makes a monthly salary of $17,500 per month ($210,000 annually) with full benefits. Murrieta exceeds the maximum for a city manager for a city of our size by almost a factor of two (payscale.com). The U.S. President makes $400K/yr, the U.S. Vice President makes $212,100/yr, the U.S. Chief Justice makes $212,100/yr, and a U.S. Senator or Representative makes $165,200. The average VP of Human Resources for a non-profit organization makes about $93K. General Petraeus, head of the Iraq and Afghan American forces, makes roughly $180K a year give our take ten or twenty thousand dollars due to combat pay. City Manager salaries are a symptom of a run-away government that needs to be limited. The present median family income for a family/household in Murrieta is approximately $80,000 per year. No city manager nor their direct reports should receive a salary and/or hourly rate plus benefits exceeding 2.5 times the city’s annual median family income per year. This will put the city manager’s salary with benefits at or around $200K per year. This proposal will redefine the focus of city management to work harder in attracting higher end jobs and businesses, as well as put an end to out of control government salaries while allowing just compensation for the average city employee, policeman, fireman, and/or other emergency personnel.
No chief city administrative official(s), including city manager and their direct reports, shall have annual salaries with benefits or a combined hourly rate with overtime and benefits that exceeds a rate of 2.5 times the median family/household income of the people of Murrieta. Benefits include, but are not limited to, car, gas, life insurance, health/medical insurance, and any other personal usage benefits. Fire, police, and other emergency public safety personnel are excluded from this initiative. This law would be waived during States of Emergency except those that are budgetary or administrative in nature.
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